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Social Security: Just the Facts Video
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NASI In The News
- April 25, 2013
Does workers' compensation adequately cover workers with relatively high earnings?
- March 27, 2013This American Life Criticized For Defending Misleading Disability Benefits Report
- March 8, 2013Op-Ed: Obama will agree to sell out seniors in changing Social Security
- February 15, 2013Regular people are smarter than pundits, at least when it comes to Social Security
- February 14, 2013
Social Security exempt from sequester, but not off the chopping block
- February 12, 2013Why Democrats and Republicans Can’t Agree on Medicare Reform
- February 11, 2013
Increasing Social Security Benefits: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
- February 8, 2013We Know You Hear Us, But Are You Really Listening to Us on Social Security?
- February 6, 2013Thinking About The Social Security Debate
- February 4, 2013
The nation has no viable strategy to help people finance their long-term care
- February 4, 2013Americans overwhelmingly prefer raising payroll taxes & increasing Social Security benefits
- February 4, 2013
As Public Makes 'Hard Choices' on Social Security, Alan Simpson Ducks His "Moment of Truth"
- February 1, 2013Survey: Public not just opposed to Social Security cuts, they'll pay to strengthen it
- January 31, 2013
Americans want to raise payroll taxes and Social Security benefits
- January 31, 2013Americans shocked to learn that there isn’t actually a Social Security crisis
- January 31, 2013
Americans want to prop up Social Security — but not on their backs
- January 27, 2013Now That Sen. Harkin Is Retiring, Who Will Rescue Our Retirement?
- December 23, 2012
Carrying the load: ERGOdynamics of Eugene sees demand for powered lifts, carts
- December 18, 2012'Tweak' in inflation formula or significant cut in Social Security benefits?
- December 13, 2012Medicare Silver Bullets: What’s The Best Way To Control Costs?
- October 30, 2012Fox Obscures Important Facts To Attack Disability Benefits
- September 22, 2012
New York shows signs of improvement along measures of economic growth, still needs to improve tax climate
- September 20, 2012
Report outlines IT challenges and guidelines for state HIXs
- September 20, 2012
Report Aims To Guide States on Using IT in Insurance Exchanges
- August 24, 2012
Report Shows Employers Workers Comp Costs at Lowest Level Since 1980
- August 18, 2012
Farm and Food: Rural America's stake in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security
- August 9, 2012
U.S. Rep. Allen West, D-Fla., says the number of people who went on Social Security Disability Insurance in June was higher than the number of jobs created that month
- July 24, 2012Atkins and Landers: Medicaid: High stakes in health coverage question
- July 22, 2012
'You've Earned A Say': Seniors asked for opinions about Social Security
- May 15, 2012
Georgetown Study: New Insurance Marketplaces Need Greater Collaboration
- May 11, 2012Recent research discovers new health care reform marketplaces will need significant coordination
- April 30, 2012
Don’t Just Panic Over Social Security’s Worsening Finances- Do Something About it.
- April 5, 2012
US health research estimates occupational injury and illness costs $250bn
- April 3, 2012
More Americans are filing disability insurance claims than ever before. Why is that and what does it mean?
- February 2, 2012
Research Roundup:Beyond GDP, Romneycare vs Obamacare, and More
- January 27, 2012
North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Points Out Leading Causes of Workplace Injury Costs
- January 17, 2012
Cost of Job-Related Illnesses Exceeds Costs of All Cancers, Diabetes and Strokes
- January 11, 2012
Iowa workers’ compensation commissioner files $1 million lawsuit against the state
- January 10, 2012
Top 5 workplace injury causes make up 72% of direct workers comp costs
- December 26, 2011
National Academy of Social Insurance Issues Report on New Exchange Options
- December 22, 2011
Affiliate elected to National Academy of Social Insurance
- December 21, 2011
NASI Report Examines Continuum of State Options for Exchanges
- October 1, 2011
Conservative activist Steve Lonegan claims “Social Security system is broke."
- September 20, 2011
Study Says WC Premiums Tied to Stock-Market Performance Rather Than Claims
- July 12, 2011
Retiree group says Social Security doesn't contribute a penny to U.S. deficit
- July 12, 2011
Retiree group says Social Security doesn't contribute a penny to U.S. deficit
- June 30, 2011
U.S. Rep. Ron Kind says that "thanks to Medicare," 75% fewer seniors are in poverty, and most have health coverage
- June 17, 2011
Have Social Security Benefits Really Been Cut by 19 Percent?
- June 15, 2011
Can Exchanges Help Consumers Get Insurance That's A Good Value? Depends On Where You Live.
- June 9, 2011
New Study Finds Future Retirees Already Face Steep Social Security Benefits Cut
- June 9, 2011New study finds future retirees already face steep Social Security benefits cut
- June 8, 2011
Changes to Social Security Will Result in 19% Decrease in Benefits for Future Retirees
- June 6, 2011
ACA gives states flexibility in creating insurance exchanges, says report
- June 6, 2011
New Analysis Outlines "Active Purchaser" Options for Health Insurance Exchanges.
- June 3, 2011
Ensuring That The Health Exchanges Are Not Just An ‘Automated Yellow Pages’
- May 13, 2011
Personal Finance: Raise the retirement age to keep Social Security solvent? Here's another idea
- May 2, 2011
New NASI paper: “Should Social Security’s Cost-of-Living Adjustment Be Changed?”
- December 16, 2010
Social Security: Small Change To Have A Big Impact On Benefits
- November 23, 2010
Deficit Panel has Social Security in its Sights
- November 12, 2010
"Experts Say Plan for Targeted Improvements, 75-Year Financing Strengthens Social Security."
- November 10, 2010
In an Op-Ed discussing ideas to address the issues facing Social Security for the long run, NASI's President Janice Gregory compares them to the challenges faced by the program in 1983 and how they were addressed.
- November 10, 2010
NASI's brief, Strengthening Social Security for the Long Run, and the presentation from our Nov. 10th Capitol Hill briefing are referenced in a post on the official blog of the nonprofit Frances Perkins Center.
- October 6, 2010
In an article discussing the possibility of expanding Social Security benefits, Saul Friedman, cites NASI's report, Fixing Social Security: Adequate Benefits, Adequate Financing.
- September 28, 2010
NASI's annual report Workers' Compensation: Benefits, Coverage, and Costs, is cited in an article discussing California's workers' compensation system.
- September 20, 2010
Workers' Compensation: Benefits, Coverage, and Costs 2008 is cited along with Prof. John F. Burton, chair of NASI's workers' compensation study panel, in an article discussing the findings of the study.
- September 14, 2010
Politico mentions NASI's project on developing model statutes for health insurance exchanges in an article discussing the impact of the exchanges on the states.
- August 27, 2010
Fixing Social Security: Adequate Benefits, Adequate Financing is cited in a post by Mark Miller on ideas to bolster the Social Security program.
- August 24, 2010
NASI Income Security Research Associate Ben Veghte was interviewed by the international news agency Voice of America in a report on Social Security from a global perspective.
- August 24, 2010"Decline in Fertility Rates, Recession Cause Global Social Security Problems"
- August 12, 2010
Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) cites NASI's Vice President for Income Security Policy, Virginia Reno, in his floor statement regarding Social Security's 75th birthday.
- August 10, 2010
Citing NASI, Robert Elisberg discusses some of the recent proposals being presented in the current conversation on the future of Social Security.
- August 9, 2010
C-SPAN coverage of NASI's briefing, What’s the News in the 2010 Social Security Trustees Report?, held at the Rayburn House Office Building.
- August 6, 2010
Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2010 Trustees Report, NASI's annual brief on the report of the Social Security Trustees is cited in an post discussing important details of the report.
- August 4, 2010
Janice Nittoli, Associate Vice President & Managing Director for the Rockefeller Foundation, references NASI report Economic Crisis Fuels Support for Social Security: Americans' Views on Social Security in her post, "Back to Basics on Social Security."
- August 3, 2010
NASI brief, Tough Times Require Strong Social Security Benefits, is cited in an article by Edwin Hill discussing the impact and importance of the Social Security program on its 75th anniversary.
- July 27, 2010
Virginia Reno, Vice President for Income Security for NASI is quoted in a post by Mark Miller on the Reuters Deep Pocket blog.
- July 12, 2010
In a story on a Pensions and Investments round table on the future of Social Security System, NASI members Nancy J. Altman, Dean Baker, and Virginia Reno, vice president for income security for NASI shared their thoughts on the urgency for changes to the system and just what the changes should be.
- July 2, 2010
Wilhelmina Leigh, NASI member with the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, cites Economic Crisis Fuels Support for Social Security: Americans' Views on Social Security in her post on why Social Security should be strengthened and not cut.
- July 2010
The testimony of NASI President Janice Gregory before the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform is cited in an article discussing the June 30, 2010 public hearing.
- June 30, 2010
Citing NASI reports Tough Times Require Strong Social Security Benefits: Views on Social Security among African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and White, Americans and Fixing Social Security: Adequate Benefits, Adequate Financing, Wilhelmina Leigh of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, reflects on the 75th birthday of the Social Security program and its importance to all Americans in a article on The Root.
- May 30, 2010
In his article "Take the Offensive Against Social Security Killers: Here's How" Saul Friedman, Columnist with Gray Matters, references NASI report, "A New Deal for Young Adults: Social Security Benefits for Post-Secondary School Students", in his relfections on actions that advocates of the Social Security program can take in the ongoing conversation on the status and future of the program.
- May 26, 2010
NASI report, Fixing Social Security: Adequate Benefits, Adequate Financing is cited in an article on the Huffington Post by Ashley Carson, Executive Director, OWL. The article discusses the President's Fiscal Commission and its possible implications on Social Security.
- May 18, 2010
In "Restoring the Social Security student benefit: The best policy idea you haven’t heard of yet," Terence Kane of Generations United discusses the NASI brief, "A New Deal for Young Adults: Social Security Benefits for Post-Secondary School Students."
- April 9, 2010
The findings of the National Academy of Social Insurance / National Academy of Public Administration joint study panel, Administrative Solutions in Health Reform, is cited in an article discussing the impact of the new health reform law on the IRS.
- February 24, 2010
In an article on President Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform and its possible impact on Social Security, Sam Gill cites NASI's poll report "Economic Crisis Fuels Support for Social Security: Americans' Views on Social Security."
- February 23, 2010
Discussing the importance of Social Security for ethnic elders and those with disabilities, New America Media's Generations Beat Online references NASI study "Tough Times Require Strong Benefits: Views on Social Security Among African Americans, Hispanic Americans and White Americans"
- February 20, 2010
The Wall Street Journal lists NASI's brief "When to Take Social Security Benefits: Questions to Consider" as a part of it's list of "The Best Resources for Later Life".
- February 3, 2010
Winning essay in iOMe Challenge cites NASI's report, Fixing Social Security: Adequate Benefits, Adequate Financing, as well as work by NASI founder NASI members.
- January 22, 2010
Carnegie Mellon highlights Jessie B. Ramey, the 18th Annual winner of the John Heinz Dissertation Award.
- December 17, 2009
Ashley Carson, Executive Director of OWL – The Voice of Midlife and Older Women, discusses Social Security's importance at a recent NASI event at the U.S. Capital.
- October 1, 2009
The Columbia Basin Herald cites NASI in a story on the cost of workers' compensation premiums in Washington State.
- September 24, 2009
Merton Bernstein, founding member of NASI, is quoted in a story on health coverage in Massachusetts.
- August 13, 2009
A new NASI poll shows preference for raising taxes to preserve Social Security.
- August 3, 2009Employer-based insurance is less extensive than believed, says health insurance expert.
